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NO prince is of so desperate hope, which doth not at any tyme some laudable or honest thynge. For God doeth garnishe the offyce of a gouernour or high officer, and maketh that other whyles notable and neces∣sary thynges are done necessarely, for the conser∣uation of publyke administration.
Cambyses is alowed in all historyes for thys one ••ede, for the which he is worthy to be praysed. He* 1.1 had a gouernour in the fore part of Asia, called Si¦••amnes: he heard saye that this iudge iudged vniu¦••••ly, beynge corrupt wyth gyftes of mony: Where∣fore he caused him to be slayne, and the skynne ••lain o•• from his body commaunded he to be fastened v∣pon the iudges seate, and ordeined in steade of the deade iudge his so••••e called Ota••es, and sat hym* 1.2 in the seate ••••diciall vpon this maner and conditi∣on, that by the beholdyng of his fathers skynne he shuld beware, lest he should be punished lykewyse. This example warneth those that are in authory∣tye, to remembre that God will not suffre wycked∣nesse to be vnreuenged.
Si••amnes a wicked iud∣ge.
Ota••es.